John Kirk Mailing Address: 19277 North 1500 East Road Hudson, IL 61748-9294 County: McLean E-mail: jwkirk2555@aol.com Phone: 309-452-4000 Genre: Plays/Creative Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• Editor, ACTF/PAC News (National Publication of the American College Theatre Festival "Innocents Abroad" Travel series, co-written with Margaret Kirk), Bloomington Daily Pantagraph
• Many articles and editorials in various publications

Book Publications:

• The Gift of Fire (lectures), PIP, 1995
• The Art of Directing (with Ralph Bellas), Wadsworth, 1985

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Illinois Arts Council Project Completion Grant
• Illinois Arts Council Artists Grant
• Outstanding Researcher Award (Illinois State University)
• Outstanding Teacher Award (Illinois State University)
• others

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Recent Play Productions and Readings:

• Will, staged readings, Shakespeare & Company, Bennington, VT, 2001; Illinois State University, 2000
• Stages, produced at Heartland Theatre, Normal, IL, March-April 2001
• The Third Richard, Professional premier, San Francisco, Fort Mason Theatre, Oct. 1986; produced at Illinois State University, March 1991; selected for Dale Wasserman's Midwest Playwrights Laboratory, 1978, where it was given a staged reading
• Martin Luther: Apostle of Defiance, one-actor play premiered at The Body Politic Theatre, Chicago, September 1980; subsequently toured for three years
• A Pleasant Visit, adaptation of Checkhov's The Marriage Proposal, produced at Miller Park Summer Theatre, Bloomington, Il, 1975
• Judas, produced at Illinois State University, 1972; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1973; optioned for Broadway Production by Barnett & Farber
• Others

Recent Workshops:

• Many workshops on acting, directing, and playwriting at academic conferences and high school festivals throughout the state and nation. Recent programs under the generic titles "Playwriting in the Space Between" and "Acting in the Space Between"

Present Employment:

Preferred Audience:

• I enjoy adapting to different groups.

Willing to travel:

• yes